The Intervention of the Sabine Women
1799 · Oil on canvas · Musée du Louvre, Paris
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About this work
- Artist
- Jacques-Louis David (1748–1825)
- Year
- 1799
- Medium
- Oil on canvas
- Original size
- 385 × 522 cm
- Collection
- Musée du Louvre, Paris
- Movement
- Neoclassicism
Hersilia throws herself between her husband Romulus, on the right with his spear, and her father Tatius, king of the Sabines, as the women of Rome, carried off years earlier and now wives and mothers, rush with their children between the two armies to stop the battle. David painted the picture between 1796 and 1799, partly in prison after the fall of Robespierre and partly as a plea for reconciliation among the French; he exhibited it himself for an entrance fee, a novelty that paid for his house, and the show ran for five years. The warriors are nude in the manner of Greek vases and sculpture, a deliberate return to the purest antique style, and the Capitoline fortress rises behind them. The Louvre acquired the painting from David's estate in 1819.
This print reproduces the whole work, uncropped, from a high-resolution scan of the original. The original is in the public domain.
Where it works
A woman in white with outstretched arms between two armies of nude warriors, shields and spears against a pale citadel, a large classical scene for a living room, hallway or office at 32×24 in black. Stone, ochre or deep blue walls suit it; pair it with the Oath of the Horatii.
Style, size & framing detail
- Style
- Neoclassicism painting
- Era
- 18th century (1799)
- Orientation
- Landscape
- Mood
- grand
- Rooms
- living room, hallway or entryway, home office, dining room
- Good gift for
- housewarming, art lovers
Size. We'd hang this one at 32×24. Prints at 16×12, 24×18, 32×24 in — 16×12 for a shelf, desk or a gallery-wall grid; 24×18 above a console or sideboard; 32×24 as the statement piece above a sofa or headboard.
Framing. The gallery ground is part of the print, so frame it without a mat — natural wood flatters the lighter palette; black sharpens it.
Pairing. Pairs as a set of three with other famous painting prints (10% off three or more).
Details & materials
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About this design
The Madten promise
An exhibition poster
The same artwork as a gallery exhibition poster — title, artist & date typeset beneath the image on a soft ground.
